CVE-2018-1002206

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-1002206
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersnyk
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-25 17:29:01 UTC
Updated2026-06-05 03:10:18 UTC
DescriptionSharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.025040000 probability, percentile 0.856430000 (date 2026-06-09)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-22 CWE-22

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adamhathcock Sharpcompress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SharpCompress SharpCompress affected unspecified 0.21.0 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitHub - snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability: Zip Slip Vulnerability (Arbitrary file write through archive extraction) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Merge pull request #374 from odinn1984/feat/fail_on_outside_target_files · adamhathcock/sharpcompress@42b1205 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Zip Slip Vulnerability | Snyk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
fix: prevent extracting archived files outside of target path by odinn1984 · Pull Request #374 · adamhathcock/sharpcompress · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) in sharpcompress | Snyk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983791 Dotnet (nuget) Security Update for sharpcompress (GHSA-fxh6-w476-hgr4)
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